Toy buildings



Feb. 7, 1956 J. L. BONANNO TOY BUILDINGS Filed Aug. 1, 1951 ATTORNEY.

The present invention contemplates toy buildings suitable for. such usesand constructedin-such a way that the parts may be inexpensivelymanufactured and readily assembled...

The toy buildings made in accordance with the present invention arestrong, sturdy .devices, suitable for long continued use for thepurposes intended. The present invention contemplates toy buildings forthese purposes 'wherein a base or support made of metal or of plasticcarries-a house-forming body whichis easily secured to it in definiteposition. Thebody-is a piece of molded plastic material of suitablecolor and is provided with contrasting trimming such as windows, roofand doors,

these parts being arranged for inexpensive manufacture f *and easyassembly. The base and house body are secured together by conductingrods which also serve as supports for wiring' clips. n t

Other and further objects will appear as the description proceeds. ,7 1

The accompanying drawings show, for purposes ofillustrating the presentinvention, one embodimentin which the" invention may take form, togetherwithrnodifications of' certain' parts, it being understood that thedrawings same. H

In the accompanying drawings:

. are illustrative of the invention rather than liin'iting'the Figure 1'is a perspectiveview of a toy building from the front with the doorclosed; I

" Figure 2 ,is a fragmentary perspective viewof the building body withthe roof removed to show wiring;

Figure 3 is an explodedside elevationalview showing the principal partsentering into the assembly of the toy building;

Figure 4, is atop plan viewof the toy building with a portion of theroof broken away;

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view through the body part of thetoy, building taken on line 5-5 of Figure 6,"showing windows and doors;n v i Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view taken on the broken f Figure6a is a fragmentary view similar to Figure 6 with certain partsreversed;

, Figure .7 is a fragmentary view taken on the line 77 of Figure 5;" i

Figure 8 is an:ifiverted plan'view at a smaller scale illustrating thebase; and g j Figure 9'is a fragmentary sectional view showing amodified form of base. r The toy building illustratedherein is designedto simulate in appearance the watchmanTs shantyfordinarily United StatesPatent I Thesehook-like members are sufficientlyflexible to be forcedinto place and snap outwardly past reversely beveled 'same manner-as therecesses 23 in the base.

2,733,544 Fatented Feb. 7, 1956 member 11 generally in the form of aninverted box-like unit, a roof-forming member 12, a door 13 and windows14. V

, The base 10, shown in these figures of the drawings, has a flat uppersurface indicated at 15, of the same configuration as the bottom edgeofthe body-forming unit 11. Thebaseis, centrally apertured as indicated at16 and a remote controlled, motor operated-whistle unitdesignatedgenerally. at 17 is secured to the base from below, as forexample by soft rubber cushions 18 glued to the base andthe whistlebody. The motor 19-ofv the whistle projects up through the opening 16and is concealed by the house body. The wiring terminal leads for themotor include apertured lugs 20, 21. The base 10 is also provided with awiringopening 22 and with four pin receiving recesses 23 at the cornersof the'fiat area 15. The base is also apertured as indicated at 24 and25 for securing rods tobe described, and. at 26 to provideapintleopening for the door. I i The house body member, 11 is ,a singlemolding, preferably made-of white plastic material, and provided withsurface'treatment such as clapboards to-simulate the watchmans shanty.It has a front wall-forming portion 30 provided with a door opening 31,a rear wall-forming portion 32provided with a .window opening 33, a sidewall portion 34 provided with a window opening 35,.and an oppositewallq36 provided with an extension37 to simulate the door .tool box. jAtthe top of the side walls 30, 32, 34,,and 36, thebody member has a topceilinglike plate 38-which stitfens the plastic molding. Thisceiling-like plate is aperturedas indicated a't 39 and 40,

spacedthe same as the holes 25 and 24 in the base. It is also providedwith a relatively large diagonally disposed opening 41 with an auxiliarywiring hole 42 abovethe hole 22, with a third hole 43 similar to theholes 39 and and with clip alignment ribs 45. At the front and rearends, the walls 30 and 32 extendupwardly above the plate 38 to providegable-like extensions 46 and 47. The rear extension is providedwith-holes 48a, 48b, 480 for wires. t

The window openings 33 and35 are provided with discontinuous flanges 49which face outwardly and form 7 stops, against which-.thewindow units 14arebrought.

These flanges 49 are cut away at the sides to permit passage ofhook-like members 50 on the window units through to the rearsurface ofthe side walls of the:body member.

ridges 51 provided in the inner walls of the body molding. The windowsare preferably of, a plastic of contrasting color to'that employed onthe body-member.

"The lintel over the door. opening has a downwardly opening recess 52.The bottom of the body' member 11 hasfour downwardly extending pins 53disposed in the bling the base, body member and door, it ismerely necesplaced alongside the right of Way of .regular railroads;

and is designed to accommodate a lamp. and a remote door openingmechanism and gateman as shown in my' application, Serial No. 239,681,filed concurrently here- ,with, now Patent No. 2,688,819.

The toy'building shown in Figures lthrough 8- of the jdrawings employs amolded insulating base 10 of suitable configuration, a molded-plastic,house body-forming sary to place the door in the door opening with itsupper pin 54 in line with the recess 52 and then place the body memberwith the door in position on the base so that the pins 53.,entertherecesses 23 and the pin 55 at the bottom of the door enters therecess 26. Thisefiectively locates the .body relative to the base andprovides for the hinging ofthedoor.

In order. to securev the body member to the base and provide wiringconnections for the motor or other current consuming device, metal rods60, 61 having headslindicated at :62 are passed up through the terminalmenubars 20 and-21, the holes 24 and 25 in the base and the holes 39 and40in the top of the body member. -Thes'e rods "protrude slightly abovethe top of the body member as can be'seen from Figure 6 of the drawing.The rods receive fastening devices 63 and 64 which are in the form

